Abstract :
Antioxidants are compounds that can inhibit or reduce free radicals by
capturing or giving unpaired electron pairs so that they are not reactive, one of
which is that the butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea L) contains flavonoid
compounds that can be used as antioxidants. This study aims to determine the
antioxidant activity of the extract and fraction of butterfly pea flower (Clitoria
ternatea L) using the ABTS method.
Butterfly pea flowers were extracted by maceration method with 96%
ethanol solvent then after obtaining the thick extract was dissolved with distilled
water to be fractionated with n-hexane, ethyl acetate as a solvent. This antioxidant
activity test used the ABTS method (2,2'-azino-bis- (3ethylbenzothiazolin) -6
sulfonate acid). The operating time is in the 6th minute and the maximum
wavelength is 735 nm. In this study using as comparison and Kruskal-Wallis Test
for the data analysis, the analysis of the antioxidant activity test between the
extract and fraction of butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea L) was carried out
using Kruskal-Wallis Test
The test results of the antioxidant activity of the extract, n-hexane
fraction, ethyl acetate fraction and water fraction yielded an IC 50 of 19.9741 ±
0.0181, 30.1265 ± 0.0503, 17.8659 ± 0.0196 and 26, respectively. 4522 ± 0.3914.
The Kruskal-Wallis Test results showed a significant difference between the
antioxidant activity of ethanol extract, n-hexane fraction, ethyl acetate fraction
and water fraction (Sig) < 0,005